which, contrary to the global warming idiots, is exactly what’s going on, and the current Climategate is just proving it…and now, this from Fox News:
Expert Warns of Deadlier H1N1 Mutation
Disease expert says China must be on alert for changes in H1N1 because deadlier H5N1 is prevalent in country
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“China, as you know, is different from other countries. Inside China, H5N1 has been existing for some time, so if there is really a reassortment between H1N1 and H5N1, it will be a disaster,” Zhong said in an interview with Reuters Television.
“This is something we need to monitor, the change, the mutation of the virus. This is why reporting of the death rate must be really transparent.”
The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday that H5N1 had erupted in poultry in Egypt, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam, posing once again a threat to humans.
“First, it places those in direct contact with birds — usually rural folk and farm workers — at risk of catching the often-fatal disease. Second, the virus could undergo a process of “reassortment” with another influenza virus and produce a completely new strain,” it said.
“The most obvious risk is of H5N1 combining with the pandemic … (H1N1) virus, producing a flu virus that is as deadly as the former and as contagious as the latter.”
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and suddenly, we’re in a John Ringo novel.
Sigh.
They’ve been worrying about this happening for a while now, almost a year in fact. About a 1:1,000,000 chance of it happening, but if it does, it’s going to thin the herd, big time.
Had a history prof warn the class of a pandemic clear back in 1984. Said the threat was primarily from Mexico and the illegal immigrants therefrom. He was the classics guy, he knew whereof he spoke. The book he recommended was Plagues and Peoples by Willim H. McNeill.
Sadly, he’s retired now.